William Christopher, (1932 - 2016) a character actor most famous for his recurring rôle as Padre aka Fr Mulcahy on M*A*S*H* died on 12/31/2016. He had two sons, John and a son he adopted named Ned. Ned is severely autistic and Christopher wrote a book about him.

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